Packing of plates and the like by means of a slip of pasteboard or other material



Feb. 24, 1959 H. LIMA 7 PACKING OF PLATES AND THE LIKE BY MEANS OF ASLIP OF PASTEBOARD OR OTHER MATERIAL Filed Sept. 12, 1955 United StatesPatent "ice PACKING OF PLATES AND THE LKKE BY MEANS OF A SLIP 0FPASTEBOARD 0R OTHER MATERIAL Harald Lima, Austratt, Sandnes, NorwayApplication September 12, 1955, Serial No. 533,578

Claims priority, application Norway September 14, 1954!- 2 Claims. (Cl.53-3) The present invention relates to a packing for plates and thelike. The usual way to pack such objects is to put straw, wood-flock orpaper between each plate until a pile including a proper number ofplates is formed. The entire pile is then wrapped with paper in theusual way. It is very important that the packing be firm so that theplates have no opportunity of mutual displace ment.

The above-mentioned packing is encumbered with several inconveniences.Thus it is difiicult, if not impossible, to get such a packingsufiiciently firm. Moreover, without opening the packing it isimpossible to see what it contains. This packing is also weak, andseveral such packings cannot be placed one on top of the other, whichmeans that the packing demands large storage room. It is also aninconvenience that the above-mentioned packing demands careful work onthe part of the operator.

The object of the present invention is to provide a packing for platesand the like, which avoids the abovementioned inconveniences, and whichpacking should be of very low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a method of packingplates.

With these and other objects in view, the packing according to thepresent invention consists of a slip of pasteboard or other materialwhich when moistened shrinks by drying, or shrinks by other treatment,said slip being a little broader than theheight of a pile of plates tobe packed, and preferably a little longer than the circumference of theplate-pile, the ends of said slip are then glued together so that theslip forms a tight ring around the plate-pile, the edges of said ringare then creased in beneath the bottom plate and over the top platerespectively in the pile so that the ring, after the shrink-treatment,tightly embraces the plate-pile.

The invention also consists in the method of packing plates in a pile byuse of the slip of material and in the 2,874,521 Patented Feb. 24, 1959construction and arrangement of the parts hereinafter fully described.The invention will best be understood from the following description ofa specific embodiment when read in connection with the accompanyingdrawing wherein the single figure is a perspective view of a pile ofplates held together by means of a slip of material according to theinvention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, numeral 1 inldicates the bottomof the lowest plate in the pile, and 2 indicates the top of the highestplate in the pile; 3 is a slip of pasteboard or other material which ismoistened in advance. The ends of said slip 3 are secured or gluedtogether for instance by means of paste-paper or adhesive tape 4 so thatthe slip forms a tight ring around the plate-pile. The lower edge 5 ofthe pasteboard ring 3 is creased in beneath the lowest plate 1 in thepile, and the upper edge 6 of the pasteboard-ring 3 is creased in overthe plate 2 in the pile. As a result, more packings may be placed one ontop of the other without weakening the packings. When thepasteboard-ring 3 dries, it shrinks and tightly embraces the plate-pile.

Having described my invention I claim:

1. A method of packing fragile plates into a neat pile comprisingapplying a slip of pasteboard capable of shrinking of a size that is alittle broader than the height of the stack of plates and a littlelonger than the circumference of said stack of plates, securing the endsof said slip together to form a tight ring around the stack, creasing inthe edge of said ring beneath the edges of the lowest plate and abovethe edge of the highest plate of the stack, and effecting shrinkage ofthe slip by applying the slip in a wet state, so that when the slipdries it will shrink to tightly embrace the stack of plates.

2. A package comprising a plurality of fragile plates, dishes, or thelike, a protective band or slip of pasteboard surrounding the pile ofplates, said slip being a little broader than the plate-pile to bepacked is high, and a little longer than the circumference of theplatepile, the ends of said slip being secured together so that the slipforms a tight ring around the plate-pile, the edges of said ring beingcreased-in respectively beneath the lowest and over the highest plate inthe pile, and said slip having been applied to the plate-pile in a wetstate and having shrunk during drying to tightly embrace the plate-pileto prevent any movement between said plates.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,937,468 Talbot Nov. 28, 1933 2,032,351 Chaplin Mar. 3, 1936 2,711,346Irwin et al. June 21, 1955

